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    Evolution and Reincarnation

    I’ve had a fun week this week, with each kid catching me on each of these topics.

    G straight up asked “How did we come from apes?”, which enqueued a good discussion on what evolution is, positive traits that species want to hold onto, and superfluous ones that disappear over time. We talked about the use of pinkies… and would humans ever go down to just 4 fingers. It ended in G concluding that he wanted a tail again so he could “do stuff”. He’s thinking more of a 3rd arm though, to be clear. Frankly, I’d like a third arm too.

    On the flip side was S2 who exclaimed that he wanted to be a Phoenix. I initially thought he wanted his name to be Phoenix (which for the record WAS on the list, but given that there was already a Griffin, I didn’t want the naming scheme in our home to corner the market on Grecian mythological creatures), but as it turned out he wanted to literally be a Phoenix. He wanted to burst into flames and be reborn as a baby phoenix. This in turn kicked off a conversation about reincarnation, what some people believed in happens after death. He concluded that he would like to be reincarnated into a baby snow leopard. Who knows kid, you might get your shot.

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